Henry James Hall

 

An aging librarian and widower with one daughter, Henry Hall is a quiet, thoughtful and respectful man. He prefers to listen than to speak and occasionally lends himself to causes like saving the whales and writing letters to his local representatives on their behalf. An injury to his back ended his fifteen year career as a computer researcher. He turned instinctively to his passion for reading and hired on at the local library and has been there for three years. He enjoys the quiet and the routine.

 

Henry lives in the house he and his wife, Dede purchased together. Dede died in a car accident sixteen years ago, during the summer when his daughter, Jessie was nine and they were on their way to Florida. The house hasn't changed much.

 

Henry was an only child. He was born in Park Springs, Utah but relocated with his family to Novato, California when he was three. He has never been back to Utah. His father worked for an accounting firm and moved every couple of years to another branch when someone retired or died. His mother worked as a grammar school teacher.

 

Henry's father died when he was twenty. His mother remarried within a year and relocated to Honolulu, Hawaii. Henry said goodbye then and though they spoke on the telephone and exchanged cards for the holidays, he never saw her again. He went to Hawaii for the first time when she died the year before he married Dede.

 

Henry prefers music to television, a good book to the newspaper, and considers breakfast his favorite meal of the day. An avid reader, Henry's house is scattered with books started but never finished.